In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray, CEO at Fifth Step about SME cyber incident trends. Note this Podcast was recorded before the Coronavirus pandemic which has lead to an increase in the number of cyber incidents, particular on

Episode 64 - IR35 What you need to know

Aug 30th, 2019 26m 55s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Wayne Jolly (Head of Resiliency Leadership at Fifth Step) about the upcoming changes to UK employment regulation IR35 and what it means for IT leaders who are planning for their 2020 budgets.Please subscr

Episode 63 - Cyber Incident Spike

Aug 23rd, 2019 27m 39s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the recent figures from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority in which they show that there has been a spike in the number of cyber incidents, Darren explains what this

Episode 62 - Broker 2.0

Aug 20th, 2019 28m 44s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the changing face of a commercial broker and what they need to do to transform themselves into Broker 2.0. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get regular upda

Episode 61 - The Future at Lloyd's

Jul 5th, 2019 37m 16s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about proposed changes to Lloyd's of London the international center for insurance. A lot has changed at Lloyd's since its formation in a coffee shop in the 1680s and since

Episode 60 - GDPR One Year On

Jun 28th, 2019 19m 10s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about Europe's data protection regulation GDPR, which has celebrated its 1st birthday.Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get regular updates and thought leadership.

Episode 59 - The Future is Flexible in the World of 4IR

Jun 13th, 2019 27m 30s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about how the workplace is changing. What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and how should organisations be preparing and create strategies for the future.Please su

Episode 58 - Avoiding Car Crash Projects

Jun 6th, 2019 24m 10s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about how to avoid project management failures and some practical and actionable advice on what to do if your organisation finds itself in a project failure situation.Pleas

Episode 57 - Mergers and Acquisition Trends.m4a

Mar 17th, 2019 23m 16s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the the upward trend of Mergers and Acquisitions and the importance of having a structured approach, no matter if you are on the buy or sell side. This is a topic that

Episode 56 - The Challenge of Improving Efficiency

Mar 16th, 2019 22m 27s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the challenge of improving efficiency. This is a topic that many organisations are addressing at the moment.Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get regular upd

Episode 55 - International Data Protection Day and Cyber Insurance Mis-Selling

Feb 8th, 2019 27m 8s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about international data protection day and the possibility of cyber insurance misselling.Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get regular updates and thought leaders

Episode 54 - Brexit Readiness and Opportunities

Feb 4th, 2019 21m 38s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the Brexit Readiness and the importance of preparing for the challenges and the opportunities. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get regular updates and thou

Episode 53 - The importance of Breach Readiness

Dec 21st, 2018 13m 18s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the importance of Breach Readiness and the potential for organisations to use their Breach Readiness process as a means to improve their cybersecurity. Please subscri

Episode 52 - Thoughts from (ISC)2 Security Congress 2018

Nov 30th, 2018 54m 43s

This podcast is a recording of a webinar hosted live on November 29th, 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) speaks with Sheridan Smith ( (ISC)2 Bermuda Chapter and the Bermuda Monetary Authority) about the key trends and topics from th

Episode 51 - The Future of Insurance

Nov 26th, 2018 25m 48s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the future of the insurance industry and how where some of the challenges may come from over the next 5 years as well as what those involved in this industry should be

Episode 50 - Budget Season Reducing Costs

Oct 26th, 2018 35m 36s

This podcast is a recording of a webinar hosted live on October 25th 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) speaks with Sean Callanan (Close Brothers) about ways of reducing budgets and keeping your CFO happy.If you would like a copy of

Episode 49 - Complex Change Migrating to the Cloud

Oct 22nd, 2018 1h 5m

This podcast is a recording of a webinar hosted live on October 18th 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) speaks with Karl Heydenrych and Mike Starnes (Foundation-IT).If you would like a copy of the slides from this webinar please sen

Episode 48 - Smoothing the Budget Process

Sep 28th, 2018 20m 25s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about how to make the arduous task of IT budgeting easier drawing upon some of the advice that Fifth Step offers its clients.Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, or a

Episode 47 - CSR and Financial Services

Sep 14th, 2018 23m 43s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about Corporate Social Responsibility and how the Financial Services sector needs to do a lot more in this area.Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, or add us to your

Episode 46 - Harvey Nash CIO Survey 2018

Jul 13th, 2018 29m 40s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the newly released Harvey Nash and KPMG CIO Survey for 2018.Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, or add us to your favourite podcast player (our favourite is Po

Episode 45 - California Consumer Protection Act

Jul 10th, 2018 19m 44s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the newly passed Californian data protection regulation CCPA which comes into enforcement in January 2020.Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, or add us to your

Episode 44 - GDPR and EventTracker Webinar

Jun 15th, 2018 59m 12s

This video is a recording of a webinar hosted live on June 6th, 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) and. Ananth. (CEO of EventTracker) talk about what firms need to know about. GDPR and. how EventTracker. can help.Please subscribe to

Episode 43 - Are your suppliers your Weakest GDPR Link?

May 29th, 2018 14m 48s

In this podcast, Chris Don speaks with Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) about the importance of supplier/vendor management under the GDPR.Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, or add us to your favourite podcast player (our favourite is Po

Episode 42 - Putting HR in Control of GDPR - Webinar Recording

Apr 27th, 2018 59m 12s

This podcast is a recording of a webinar hosted live on April 26th, 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) and Chris Mitford-Slade (Director at XCD) talk about what is needed to help HR be in control of GDPR.The slides for the presenta

Episode 41 - Bermuda Data Privacy

Apr 17th, 2018 1h

This podcast is a recording of a webinar hosted live on April 13th, 2018 in which Darren Wray (CEO of Fifth Step) talk about data Privacy in Bermuda.The slides for the presentation can be downloaded from https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BQwn